Black River Orchard
by Chuck Wendig
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Pub Date 28 Sep 2023 | Archive Date 11 Jan 2024
Random House UK, Cornerstone | Del Rey
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Description
A small town is transformed by dark magic when strange apple trees begin bearing fruit in this new masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents.
It's autumn in Harrow, but something is changing in the town besides the season.
Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard grows a new sort of apple: strange and beautiful, with skin so red it's nearly black.
Take a bite of one of these apples and you will you will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, you will believe. But soon your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing - and become darker.
This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and what's the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful?
But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. And a stranger has come to town, a stranger who knows Harrow's secrets. Because it's harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781529101133 |
| PRICE | £22.00 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Adam D, Reviewer
Wendig gonna Wendig.
For the initiated; if you’re a fan of Wendig’s last few books you’ll devour this one like a big ol’ juicy apple.
That’s not to say it’s more of the same but that it’s another mammoth story that feels small in scope but grand in execution. He perfectly captures small town America in a way that still feels connected to the world outside.
There’s only a handful of authors that I’d be willing to invest this much time into reading their books and I’m grateful that Wendig continues such quality.
That said - this book isn’t perfect. There’s one or two things that I find difficult to reconcile. Writing teenagers is hard and with their vernacular an ever moving target it’s understandable that it won’t always stick and at times it does feel like it was low key taken from a TikTok…no cap. Awkward, right?
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